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01 Apr 2015 5:09:15am

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I completely agree with you. As a person on the cusp of Gen X & Gen Y overpopulation is another reason for complete lack of affordable housing for our generation. I found out that the two main groups agitating for more migration are a group called the Multicultural Society and to my shock (not really shock, just more cynicism) the other group agitating for more migration was a lobby group for the real estate industry. Unless the government is willing to rapidly increase infrastructure, access to resources (eg. doctors) and high density living (plus public housing) our country cannot take this strain, financially or environmentally. That's not to mention further urban sprawl, more traffic and pollution, more water, electricity - the list goes on.... I wish the Green party would tackle this. I understand their stance on wanting to increase our refugee intake a little, but by and large our population growth is fuelled by people migrating to Australia by choice etc. If the government wants so many more people migrating they have to pay for it and have to override the NIMBYs re: high density living, which is more environmentally sustainable than mcmansions in far out estates that encourage high electricity and water use, high car & petrol usage etc. I don't think the Australian people want they to do that so the alernative is to stop the mass migration! Also, so many businesses complain we don't have enough skilled workers here and agitate for more skilled migration. It's either a furhpy used because they want more people competing for positions to drive wages down or it's due to lack of foresight of their industry and THEY should be taking on the duty to train and have trainees/apprenticeships, specific education courses etc. But I think it's mostly the furphy position.